Social Groups MCQs with Answers | Sociology – Page 2

Question 21 Social Groups

What term describes ties between people created through marriage or blood?

Correct answer B. Kinship

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Question 22 Social Groups

Which of these is NOT a reason for the increase in single-person households in Europe?

Correct answer D. Social resistance to cohabitation

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Question 23 Social Groups

Which of these is NOT a reason for the rising divorce rate in the West?

Correct answer D. Increased acceptance of same-sex relationships

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Question 24 Social Groups

What term describes families in which at least one adult has children from an earlier marriage or relationship?

Correct answer D. Reconstituted families

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Question 25 Social Groups

Japanese industry advanced because its workers, managers and shareholders shared a common interest. Which approach best illustrates this group sentiment?

Correct answer A. Functionalist approach

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Question 26 Social Groups

In modern society people belong to so many groups that many of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap. What has this given members of society a wide range of?

Correct answer A. Behaviour learning

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Question 27 Social Groups

Social distance is measured either by directly observing people interacting or by using what?

Correct answer A. Questionnaire

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Question 28 Social Groups

What are social contacts like in primary groups?

Correct answer A. Informal

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Question 29 Social Groups

The terms ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ describe a type of relationship and do not imply that one is more ____ than the other. Which word fills the blank?

Correct answer B. Important

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Question 30 Social Groups

By what are secondary groups judged?

Correct answer C. Performance

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Question 31 Social Groups

Some groups are neither clearly primary nor secondary but fall in between, sharing features of each and usually formed to carry out a task. What are they called?

Correct answer C. Task groups

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Question 32 Social Groups

In Gesellschaft, the society of tradition is replaced by a society based on what?

Correct answer C. Contract

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Question 33 Social Groups

Why have women been excluded from the public sphere?

Correct answer D. All of the above

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Question 34 Social Groups

What is a large kinship group, whose members live in one geographical area and believe they descend from a common ancestor, known as?

Correct answer D. Kin group

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Question 35 Social Groups

What is a group that we belong to and identify with called?

Correct answer A. In-group

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Question 36 Social Groups

Associating with people who matter to us gives us security, love, acceptance, companionship and a sense of personal worth. What kind of tie is this?

Correct answer D. Expressive tie

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Question 37 Social Groups

Which of these is NOT a function of a primary group?

Correct answer B. Accomplishing a specific practical purpose

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Question 38 Social Groups

Which statement about reference groups is true?

Correct answer D. Those which do not match membership groups may create feelings of relative deprivation

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Question 39 Social Groups

What may happen when individuals work in groups?

Correct answer D. May engage in social loafing

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Question 40 Social Groups

What kind of situation does the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game simulate?

Correct answer B. Both partners can benefit if each plays cooperatively

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